Window-sash.



Patented Aug. I9, |902;

E. Hfnoux.

WINDOW SASH,l

Application med Feb. 2s, 1902.)

(No Model.)

` Witnesses Attorneys TH: wams Packs ou.. PHO

No. 7o7,|us. Patented Aug. 19,1902.

' LHEnux.

WINDOW SASH.

(Application filed Fab. 28; 1902.)

Witnesses 5 56 dWzwMZ//erw'memm' I Attorneys l A UNITED STATES IPATENT OFFICE.

EDMoND .HEROUX or YAMACH'ICHE, CANADA'.

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J SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patentino. 707,106, dated Angustia leo.

Application iiled February 28, 1902- Serial No. 96,051. (No model.) d

full, clear, and exact description of the inven-` tion, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

The improvement forming the subject of this invention consists in a peculiar construction of sash-casing in combination with certain attachments on the sash,*which adapt the latter both to the sliding and easement Y forms; and-the object of this invention is eson a hinge, as in the easement-'or Frenchl form, the cleaning of panes may be donel entirely from the inside of the apartment, and, moreover, it may be done while standing on the iloor and without the necessity of climbing upon the sill'of the window.

Another object of this invention is to providean easy manipulation forgthe sashes of windows, whereby the sameV are-.adapted to either form of opening, as may seem'most desirable, and to enable the entire frame to be -opened in cases where increased ventilation vis desired or, if necessary, the entire sash, e both upper and lower portions, to be removed,

Without the necessity of any carpenter-work or'removal of other parts.

My improvement embodies a form of sash which is mounted to slide in guides and between beads or sash-slides upon the yinterior wall of thecasing, as in theordinary form of sash; but the sash is provided at one side with depending pintles, which are adapted to engage when desired in suitable sockets carried on the corresponding sash slide or bead, While the slide or bead upon the opposite side of the casing is adapted to be pushed back out of the way, whereby to allow the window-sash to be turned f upon the yhinge aboveY mentioned and to vopen inwardly, while in the meantime the act of displacing the bead and of subsequently turning the sash o n its hinge causes the weight-cord to become detached and tobe locked in place between the slides of the casing in a vsuitable groove provided for it until such time as the window-sash is again closed, which act, together with the replacement of the bead,auto matically causesthe sash-cord to be ren'- gaged Vwith the sash and the weight to come into action to raise the same. Y My improvementisapplied not simply to the inner or lower sash ot' a window, butprefh erably, also, to bothsashes,"whereby they may be both opened simultaneously when de'- sired. l

VMyinvention consists, moreover, in the peculiar construction and combination of parts hereinafter specifically Vset forth and more particularly pointed out inthe claims.

I have illustrated the preferred form of my improved sash in the accompanying drawings, whereiny Figure 1 is a perspective view of a windowcasing having double-hung sashes embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the inner side of the window-casing shown on the right of Fig. land showing the head and sill-of the window-frame in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectontaken at right angles to Fig. Zand on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4

is a transverse vertical section through the lower portion 4of the window looking toward the left of Fig. l and showing'both sashes` in position ready to open. Fig. 5 is a perspective view,on an enlarged scale, ofthe movable section of the sash bead or slide. Fig'. 6 is a similar view of another portion' of the sashbead. Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary perspeetive view showing one form'ofadjustable hinge for the sash. Fig. 8 is a similar 4view showing another form of hinge. Fig;y 9 is a perspective detail of the attachment-piece for the sash-cord. Figs. 10 and 11 are enlarged fragmentary elevations of a portion of the casing, showing the action of the attachmentpiece; and Fig. 12 is an enlarged detail show- -l ing a modified form of hinge-pintle.

The same numerals of reference denote like parts in all the gures of the drawings.

Referring to Fig. 1, the frame of the window is of the ordinary form for double-hung sashes and consists of a headpiece 13, a sill 14, and side pieces 15 and 16. The sides 15 and 16 are cased, as indicated in Fig. 3, providing space for suitable weights 17, the casing consisting ofthe usual pulley-piece 18, back-lining 19, and inside and outside boards 2O and 2]. The pulley-piece 18 is provided with three longitudinal grooves formed therein for the reception of beads or sash-slides, the outside andinside beads on the right side of the casing being designated as 22 and 23 and the parting-bead as 24. The upper and lower sashes are designated, respectively, as 25 and 26. The beads 23 and 24, however, are not made of solid single strips ot' wood passing from top to bottom of the casing and nailed thereto, as in the ordinary construction of sash-casing, but they are each formed of an uppersolid piece 27, constructed in the ordinary manuer and extending to a point something less than one-half the length of the casing below the top thereof, the remainder of the bead being made up of two other pieces-that is to say, acam-piece 28 and a sliding piece 29- the construction and mode ot` action of which are as follows: The cam-piece` 28 is formed to join the fixed piece 27 abruptly at its upper end 30, but its lower end is provided with an oblique cam-slot 31, the rear face of which is an incline which is prolonged into a tapered or pointed end 32, which merges into the rear side of the groove in which the bead is seated, while the front face of the slot 31 is of dovetailed form and ends abruptly somewhat short of the tapered end 32, as shown at 33. y This cam-slot is engaged by an oblique tongue 34 of similar shape and having parallel sides formed upon the upper end of the sliding piece 29, and at the base of the tongue 34 is formed a shoulder 35 of the saine width as the end 33 ofthe piece 28, this shoulder being adapted to abut against said end 33 and to sit flush therewith when the piece 29 is in its uppermost position, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. As shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, the sliding piece 29 has an oblique motion from back to front in an upward direction within its groove in the pulley-piece 18, its upper end being guided by the tongue 34, working in the cam-slot 31, and to provide for a similar guiding of the lower end of the piece 29 the sill of the casing is cut away to form a recess or hole 35a, having an oblique or inclined forward face 37, corresponding to the motion of the sliding piece 29, which is chamfered, as shown at 36, and to form a guide for the other side of the sliding piece there is an inclined triangular piece 38, secured at the bottom of the groove in the pulley-piece 18 and on which is seated the oblique side 39 of a triangular notch 40, formed on the back of the piece 29, so that by raising the inger-piece 41, pivoted on a transverse pin 4l in the groove 42 in the face of the sliding piece 29, and by moving the same upwardly the piece 29 will assume the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3--that is to say, it will take its proper place as a 7o sash-slide and the continuation of the bead formed by the pieces 27 and 28, thus holding the window-sash in linewhile when the finger-piece 41 is pushed downwardly the sliding piece 29 falls back, so that its front face is iiush with the face of the board 18 and is out of the Way of the sash-stile, whereby the sash may be turned so as to leave its place in the window-casing. v

In the present form of my invention it is intended to have the sash rotatable about one edge thereof in the form of a easement, and to this end I provide on the opposite side of the casing from that containing the movable bead (shown in Fig. 3) hinge-sockets 43 and 44, located, respectively, at the upper and lower ends of the sash-stile when the latter is in position ready to be opened. As herein shown, the hinge-socket 43 consists simply of a screw-eye (shown on an enlarged scale in Fig. 7) screwed into the adjacent bead 45 on the left side of the casing, and this is adapted to be engaged by the pintle 46, which is part of a metal stamping 47, bent in the form indicated in Fig. 7 and pivoted upon a screw 48, screwed into the upper end of the stile. This piece 47 is intended to turn about the screw 48 as a pivot, and in order to secure it in position there is provided an arcuate slot 49, through which passes a set-screw 50, which may be tightened to the proper extentto cause the piece 47 to stay in any position in which it is placed, but yet not to be so tightly secured that it may not be easily moved back and forth by the thumb-piece 51. The object of this arrangement is so as to cause the pintle 46 to engage the hinge-socket 43 only when it is desired to open the sash as a casement; but when it is desired to have the sash closed down tight this pintle should be out of engagement with the hingesocket 43 in order to enable the sash to be pushed down into its proper closed position. It is only the inside sash, of course, of which I am here speaking, for the outside or upper sash has a slightly different arrangement, to be hereinafter described.

As it is desirable under ordinary circumstances to have the sash run free of the hingesocket 43, I generally prefer to have a triangular cam-piece 52 located on the face of the bead 45 immediately above the hinge. This piece has sloping or oblique cam-faces both above and below, as shown, the object of this piece being to engage the edge of the piece 47 and push it back out of the way of the socket 43 in all cases, whether the sash be rising or descending. The other hinge-socket 44 for the inner sash 26 is formed by a simple hole or depression 53 in the sill 14 at a proper point directly beneath the socket 43 and adrjacent to the end of the bead 45, this hole being engaged by a bent-wire pintle 54, which is embedded in the lower sash-rail and pro- IIO jects into the hole 53, thus t completing the hinge-joint'about whichthe sash turns;l The hole 53 is made suciently deep so as not to interfere 'with the sash being lowered into closed position, although, of course, when the upper hinge-socket 43 is engaged with the` pintle 46 the sash is raiseds'ufficiently to al.

low it to clear the inner sill-board 14a.`

In order to provide for turning the sash about its hinges above described, it is necessary not simply to release it from the bead 23, ashereinabove described, but also to provide for disconnecting it from the weightcord 55, which passes overthe pulley 56 in the pulley-piece 18 and is connected to the weightl 17 in the casing. This is provided for by the construction which will now be described. Instead of connectin g the cord directly to the sash,`as in the ordinary form of counterbalance-hanging, the latter is provided at a 'point intermediate of its length'between thetwo ends of the right-hand sash-stile .with a rectangular notch 57, and this is adapted to enformed intermediate between the sash slides or beads 23 and 24' in the pulley-piece 18,` and not only the'sash-cord but the rod 59v of the attachment-piece is caused to runv v in this groove, so as entirely to clear 1 the window-sash itself and lie iiush with the surface of the pulley-piece 18. ,The rod 59 is pointed at its lower end 59a, andat a point intermediate thatend and the lug 58 it is formed with'a reduced neck 62, having oblique ta-y pered sides 63 and 64 both above and below. This neck portion is destined to beengaged v by alatch-piece 65, which is seated in a recess 66 in the pulley-piece just between the groove 61 and the sliding piece 29, and the upper end; of this latch is of the same width as the intervening space thus afforded; but the lower end is widened out, so as to give it the .sectoral form shown in Figs. 10 and l1.` The latch 65 is pivoted upon a screw 67, about which i't turns, and it will be seen that the enlarged lower end necessarily lies either to the right or to the left vof the narrow parallel strip intervening between the groove 61 and the piece 29, accordingto circumstances. To

receive the right-hand edge 68 of the piece 65,k

the sliding piece 29 is formed in oneside thereof with an oblique tapered notch 69 of the form clearly shown in Fig. 5 and in section in Figs. 10 and 11, and this notch is so positioned that when the sliding piece 29 is in itsraised position the notch 69 receives the, broadened end 68 of the latch; but when-theV sliding piece 29 is pushed downwardlythe latch is pushed out ofits notch and projects over in'to the groove 61.1? The notch57 in the window-sash is so'position'ed relatively to the latch 65 as to hold the reduced neck 62 of the attachment-piece directly opposite the lower v left-hand cornerf70. of the latch '65 when the sash is engaged withthe hinge-socket 43 and ready to be turned, and when in this position, therefore, the depression of the sliding piece 29 will cause the latch 65 to be pushed over, so as to engage with the neck 62, and itwill be held in this position, so as to lock the attachment-piece and prevent it from being raised. The sash may now be turned upon its hinge without danger of the sash-cord leaving its place; but, the tongue or lug 58 willi-be simply turned slightly' about the rod 59as an axis, so as to allowthe lug 58 to pass'out of,

the notch 57. When the sash 26 vis turned back intolitsoriginal position, the notch 57 reengages thelug 58, and the latter `is turned back into the positionshown in Fig. 1L-that is to say,A at right angles to the window-casingV and fullyengaging the notch 57-and ,upon now raising the sliding piece 29, by means of the yfinger-piece 41 thereof, the notch 69-is again brought opposite the latch 65, and the oblique side 64Vof theneck 62-pushes the` latch 65 black intolthis notch, so that the sash is now again supported through the medium of the sash-cord 55 and weight 17 and may be raised and lowered as desired. The pointed end 595L is intended to push aside the end70 of the latchin case the latter falls back, so as to projectinto the slot 61 after the window-sash has been raised. Y

Instead of the form of pintle shown in Fig.

7, I may in some cases usea modilied form,

which is shown in Fig. V12. `In this formA the pintley 43', which serves the same purpose as Iook the pintle 43, is in the nature-of a projection f p from thec'ircular base-plate'47', which is let into the upper end of the sash-stile, so as to fit flush therewith and turn about acentral pivot formed-by the screw 48', and thisplate Y,

47 may be provided with an arcuate slot 49 and arcuate screw 50', corresponding to the slot 49 and screw 50in` the form shownin Fig. 7.

I-Iaving nowdescribedl the action of thein terior or lowersash, that ofthe upper or outer.

sash, Whichdiffers slightly therefrom, willfber readily understood. The-modifications applied to dthis sash are in the nature ot simpliy,

flcations, because the outer sash Will notref,

quire to be seated against the window-sill to l close the window or to be pushed into its'low-` ermost positionfor any other purpose than, to

be engaged with the hinge-sockets provided therefor and about which it turns. .The upper i hinge-socket in this case is inthe formofa, lug 71 upon the attachment-plate 7 2, screwed f to the parting-bead 73 between the two sashes on the left of thecasing, and this engages with a pintle 74, fixedl rigidlytoY the vupper f lend of the stile by a plate 75, screwedthereto.r

`It will be of. course understoodthat it Iis unnecessary to provide the rotatable pintle shown in Figs. 7 and 8 for the inside sash, because the hinge-socket 7l is at the lowest point of the travel of the pin tle 74. Thelower hinge of the sash is formed by means of a bent rod 76, embedded in the lower sash-stile and operating in an aperture 77 in the window-sill in precisely the same manner as the rod 54 in the aperture 53. Both sashes are illustrated in position for opening in Fig. 4.

The parting-bead 24 is formed in precisely the same manner as the inner bead 23-that is to say, it is formed of a stationary upper part 78, a cam-piece 79, and a sliding piece 80, all formed exactly the same as the pieces 27, 28, and 29, respectivelyand the attachment-piece and latch 8l are likewise precisely similar` to those already described for the inner sash. In ordinary cases, however, where the outer sash is made of the same width as the inner sash the former in opening is liable to strike against the projecting tongue 5S of the attachment-piece and turn it about its axis, and to prevent it from impeding the motion of the sash I may provide a suitable recess 82, in which the tongue or lug 5S of the attachment-piece is received. After the outer sash is turned back into position to be closed it will then be necessary before closing the inner sash to push the tongue around slightly into vertical position, so as to cause it to be engaged by the rear side of the notch 57. This, however, may be avoided in several ways-as, for instance, by making the outer sash narrower than the inner sash, so that it clears the tongue 58 without touching it, and in that case the,recess 82 may be omitted.

While I have shown in the accompanying drawings the preferred form of my invention, it will be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise form shown, for many of the details may be changed in form or position without affecting the operativeness or utility of my invention, and I therefore reserve the right to make such modifications as are included in the scope 0E the following claims.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a window-casing provided with pulley-pieces, sash-beads consisting of a fixed piece and a movable piece, a sash mounted to reciprocate between said beads, the movable piece being slidably mounted in oblique guides on the fixed piece and adapted to be pushed back to free the corresponding edge of the sash, and partible hinges carried by the sash and the windowcasing about which the sash is adapted to turn.

2. The combination ofawindow-casin g having sash slides or beads, a sash mounted to reciprocate therein between said slides, counterbalancing means removably attached to said sash and comprising a weight having a cord passing over a'pulley, hinge-halves attached respectively to the casing and sash at one edge of the latter and about which it is adapted to be turned, means for releasing the opposite edge of the sash from its corresponding slide, means for releasing said counterbalancing means from the free end of the sash, and means operated by the movement of the sash-slide to lock said counterbalancing means in position.

3. The combination of a window-casin g having slides the inner one of which at one side has a sliding piece adapted to have an oblique reciprocating movement and be pushed back iiush with the casing-board, a set of oblique cam-shaped guides confining said sliding piece in its movement, a sash mounted to slide between said slides, and hinge-halves adjacent to one edge of the sash on the opposite side from said sliding piece, whereby the sash is adapted to be released from the slide at one side by pushing said slide up or down and to turn about the hinges at the opposite side.

4. The combination of a window-casing having sash-slides, a sash mounted to slide therebetween, hinge-sockets mounted in the window-casing adjacent to one edge of the sash, pintles carried by the edge of the sash adapted to engage in said sockets, a sliding piece forming a part of one of said sash-slides and adapted to be pushed back ilush with the casing, means for counterbalancing said sash, said means being removable from said sash at one side thereof, and means operated by the movement of said sliding piece to lock said counterbalancing means in position.

5. In a combination sash and casing for a window, a sash-slide comprising a liXed piece, a removable piece having an oblique cam-slot therein, and a sliding piece having a tongue adapted to work in said cam-slot and a lower end guided obliquely by suitable guides upon the casing, whereby the raising of said sliding piece will cause it to be moved forward to act as a guide for the sash and the lowering of said sliding piece will cause it to be pushed back flush with the casing.

6. In a combination sash and casing for a window, asash-slide comprising a fixed piece, a removable piece having an oblique cam-slot therein, and a sliding piece having a tongue adapted to work in said cam-slot and a lower end guided obliquely bysuitable guides upon the casing, whereby the raising of said sliding piece will cause it to be moved forward to act as a guide for the sash and the lower- :ing of said sliding piece will cause it to be pushed back iiush with the casing, in combination with a second sash slide, a sash mounted to reciprocate between the two slides, and partible hinges carried by the sash and window-casing to enable it to turn about the opposite edge thereof. Y

7. In a combination sash and casing for a window, a sash-slide comprising a fixed piece, a removable piece having an oblique cam-slot IOO IIO

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therein, and a sliding piece having a tongue adapted to work in said cam-slot and a lower end guided obliquely by suitable guides upon the casing, whereby the raising of said sliding piece will cause it to be moved'forward to act as a guide for the sash and the' lowering of said'sliding piece will cause it to be pushed back iiush with the casing, in combination with a second sash-slide, a sash mounted to reciprocate between the two slides, partible hinges carried by the sash and window-casing to enable it to turn about the opposite edge thereof, counterbalancing means consistingv of a sash-cord, a pulley over which the cord passes, and a weight attached to the end thereof, and an attachment-piece for removably connecting the sash with said cord comprising a rod sliding in a suitable groove in the casing and having a tongue engaging with a notch in the stile of thesash.

8. In a combination sash and casing for a window, a sash-slide compising a ixed piece, a removable piece having an oblique cam-slot therein, and a sliding piece having a tongue adapted to work in said cam-slot and alower end guided obliquely by suitable guides upon the casing, 'whereby the raising of said'sliding piece will cause it to'be moved forward to act as a guide for the sash andthe lowering of said sliding piece will cause it to be pushed back flush with the casing, in combination with a second sash-slide, a sash mounted to reciprocate between the two slides, partible hinges carried by the sash and window-casing to enable it to turn about the opposite edge thereof, counterbalancing means consisting of a sash-cord, a pulley over which the cord l passes, and a weight attached to the end thereof, an attachment-piece forremovably connecting the sash with said cord comprisinga rod sliding in a suitable groove in the casing and having a tongue engaging with a notch in the stile of the sash, and means operated by the movement of said sliding piece to lock said attachment-piece comprising alpivoted latch adapted to be pushed by means of a cam edge on the sliding piece into engagement with a reduced portion of said Vattachment-piece.

9. The combination ot' a window-casing, sash slides'or'beads attached thereto and one of which has a sliding piece guided to move in an obliquely upward and'downward direction, means for raising said sliding piece to a position overlapping the sash and for lowering it to position clearing the sash,4 a sash mounted to reciprocate between said'slides,

hinge-pieces mounted `upon the opposite side j of the casing adjacent to the sash, coperating hinge-pieces mountedv on the sash and adapted to engage with said' xed hingepieces, counterbalancing means for one side of the sash comprising a sash-cord passing over a pulley and a weight attached at the end thereto, a di'sconnectible kattachmentpiece to which the other end of the sash-cord is connected, said attachment-piece having a lug or tongue engaged bya notch in the edge of the sash-stile, and a'sector-shaped latch pivotallyA mounted on the window-casingbetween said sliding piece and said attachmentpiece, said sliding piece having an oblique cam-face adapted to operate said latch to cause it to engage with a reduced portion of saidv attachment-piece when` the sliding piece is pushed downwardly and inwardly, whereby to lock said attachment-piece in position.

l l0. In a combination window sash and casing, a partible hinge comprising a stationary socket, a pivoted metallic plate carrying a pintle, and an adjusting screw passing through an arcuate slotinsaid plate, whereby the same may be tightened to the requisite degree. l

y-11. In a combination sash andcasing, hinge means for permitting the sash tobe turned about a vertical axis comprising a stationary socket attached to the casing, and a plate pivoted to the sash-stile and having an arcuate slot therein, an adjustingscrew` passing through said slot, a pintle carried 'by said.

plate'and adapted tonbe engaged by saidv socket when the plate is in one positionand to be out of the 'way of said socket when the plate is turned to another position, and a thumb-piece projecting from said plate by which the latter maybe turned.

, l2. In a combinationsash and casing, hinge means for permitting-the sash to be turned about a vertical axis comprising a stationary IOO socket attached to the casing, and a plate pivoted to the sash-stile and having' an arcuate slot'therein, an adjusting screwpassing throughl said slot, a pintle carried by said plate and adapted to be engaged by said socket when the plate is in one position and to be out'of the way of said socket when the plate is turned to another position, and a double-faced cam-piece vattached to the casing of the window 'and adapted to strikesaid pivoted plate whenl the sash is moved past it to push said pintle out of positionto be engaged by said socket, substantially as described.

In witness whereof yI have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

J. A; MARION, JAs C. GoDvrN.

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